The Picture of Dorian Gray
ThePictureofDorianGrayisan1891philosophicalnovelbyIrishwriterandplaywrightOscarWilde.FirstpublishedasaserialstoryintheJuly1890issueofLippincott'sMonthlyMagazine,theeditorsfearedthestorywasindecent,andwithoutWilde'sknowledge,deletedfivehundredwordsbeforepublication.Despitethatcensorship,ThePictureofDorianGrayoffendedthemoralsensibilitiesofBritishbookreviewers,someofwhomsaidthatOscarWildemeritedprosecutionforviolatingthelawsguardingthepublicmorality.Inresponse,WildeaggressivelydefendedhisnovelandartincorrespondencewiththeBritishpress.
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